"We competed pretty good for having three and a half weeks off," said Flivver coach Dan Olkkonen, using Monday's national football championship as an example. "You get that much time you feel like Notre Dame and then you get Alabama.

"We were ready for a game."

Kingsford closed out the first half on a 9-0 run for a 27-15 bulge. The Flivvers kept things going in the third quarter with a 12-2 blitz in the first four minutes.

"They beat us in all phases," said Trojans coach Chris Nocerini, who declined further comment.

Forest Park entered on a three-game winning streak after beating Watersmeet on Thursday. Kingsford was able to scrimmage North Central over the holidays.

"That was an eye opener for us on how we had to step up and compete better," Olkkonen said. "We had great weeks of practice coming into this game."

Olkkonen, a White Pine High School standout, doesn't take any team lightly regardless of class.

"I'm from a Class D school and it doesn't matter," Olkkonen said. "We have to be able to compete and make it habit forming."